Chapter 6

The Next day, Song Mansion.

Dawn was about to break over the horizon. Song Woo bin and Song Navya were sleeping peacefully in their respective rooms, when two teams of few masked men, covered in black clothing from head to toe, entered their rooms.

In Navya's bedroom, the leader of the intruders signaled one of his men to turn on the lights. With bright lights glaring on her face, she woke up, but noticing something amiss she pretended to be asleep for a little while. As soon as the lights were on, the masked individuals went to grab the mattress on her bed, clearly intending to throw it off the bed along with herself. Sensing activity on both sides of her bed, she opened her eyes and noticed around eight men surrounding her, she immediately got up in standing position.

Doing a front flip to distract them along with getting out of bed, she got into a fighting stance the moment her feet touched the ground. Her room was large but due to all the furniture there wasn't enough space to fight off all of them without risking injury. Two of them attacked her at the same time. Pushing one of them back with a kick to the chest and knocking the other out with a powerful kick in his face, she dashed out of her room, with her attackers at her heels.

In Woo bin's room, all the masked men surrounded his bed, already in a fighting stance. One of them, who was closer to the bedside table, grabbed a jar of water placed there, and threw it's content on Woo bin's face, startling him awake. Quickly accessing the situation he was in, he got up from bed and took a fighting stance, waiting for them to attack first. Three men out of eight attacked him at the same time. He pushed one of them on the ground, punching the other in the gut and knocking the third one out by slamming him down on his head. Sensing others around him in the darkness of his room, he did a roundhouse kick to make sure no one was too close and ran towards the door of his room. The masked men followed closely behind.

Both of them reached the drawing room of the mansion around the same time, all the while defending themselves from attackers. Surprised to see each other in similar state, they realised the attack on them must have been set up by their grandfather. They nodded at each other and simultaneously ran towards the main gate of the house to fight outside. Soon they were standing back to back in the front lawn of Song mansion while masked attackers surrounded them from all sides.

After constant fighting for about half an hour, they stood separately among unconscious bodies of their attackers littering the ground around them. Song Woo bin's father Song Mal chin came into view as soon as the last man fell unconscious.

"That was good, kids, but there is a lot of room for improvement," he announced as soon as he was in hearing distance. Both were standing at attention, as such habits had been drilled into them since they were children.

"Did either of you think about working together instead of alone to fight them off?" He asked after a moment of silence. Both were indignant at hearing this.

"I don't need help," the pair announced simultaneously.

"Is that so?" Woo bin's father inquired in an amused voice, "then let's see how well you do against these balls on the running track, alone," he said, throwing a tennis ball up in the air and catching it.

They soon found themselves dodging and sprinting wildly as they did their best to avoid the tennis balls being hurled at them through the air. As they did, Song Mal chin watched the pair avoiding the tennis balls and occasionally getting hit by a particularly fast one, he remembered the conversation he had with his father after dinner last night.

The previous night, after dinner, The study room of Grandfather Song.

"Father, I'm afraid I do not understand what further training the kids are in need of," said Song Mal chin. "They already know almost everything."

Song Dae jung, patriarch of Song family, smiled at this. "Technically that might be true, son. But they still need to learn an important thing," he replied mysteriously.

"And what would that be father?" Song Mal chin, Woo bin's father and Navya's uncle asked.

"They know how to fight, how to survive, how to command and how to kill quickly or slowly depending on the need. But to thrive, they still need to know how to work together," Song Dae jung replied with a sigh.

Present day, Song mansion.

Both cousins were having breakfast in the parlour after their training session that morning. Set out before them, was a varied arrangement of cuisine.

Opting for a full English breakfast consisting of fried eggs, sausages, toast and coffee, Song Woo bin said, "So, you are coming with me today."

"I'm sorry? No I'm not. I've got a few things to take care of before going to school," Navya replied while sipping her tea, having prefered traditional korean breakfast, and slightly annoyed at his assuming tone.

He just shrugged. "Suit yourself. By the way, you are supposed to wear a uniform to school," he said, noticing her in a denim and leather jacket.

"Doesn't that go for you as well?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at his tailored armani suit.

"No it doesn't, not when you are one of F4," he said while getting up with a smirk on his lips.

"Let's see how long this attitude of fF4 lasts," she said in a challenging, yet quiet voice to herself, when he was out of earshot.

Soon both of them were off in different directions. Him in his yellow Lotus Elise, while she sped away in her matte black Porsche 911,the similar grey version following her behind.

Soon she reached Jan di's house, finding it in absolute disorder as they readied to leave. In the chaos, she greeted Jan di's parents before they left for work. Then immediately left herself as her friends had finished preparing for the day.

Navigating their way through the busy streets of Seoul, the two cars reached Shinhwa in record time. Seeing enough empty space to park two cars besides Woo bin's Lotus, they parked their cars there, as it was the nearest place available to entrance.

The population of Shinhwa's students were whispering among themselves about two new cars heading towards F4's parking area, and their whispers increased tenfold when they saw four girls exiting through those cars instead of the expected members of F4. Even more surprising, two of them were in casual clothes! No one besides F4 were allowed to come to school, without uniform.

As soon as the girls exited their cars, they were surrounded by angry students of Shinhwa.

"How dare you park your filthy cars in F4's parking area?" One of them shouted, giving courage to others for speaking out.

"Who the hell are you?" Another shout came.

"Excuse me? Those are the Porsche 911 you are talking about, crazy woman! Take care about how you speak of them!" Ha Jae kyung replied, offended on behalf of her car.

The other three girls threw amused glances in her way, knowing better than anyone else about her love for automobiles and mechanics.

"Does F4 have their names written here? Or are there any documents saying this parking space belongs to F4 only?" Asked Navya calmly.

"This whole school belongs to F4," another angry voice shouted.

"And not you? Isn't this school yours as well?" Asked Jan di, clearly amused.

"Well, just so you all know, as students here, this school is ours. If anyone has a problem with us parking cars in our schools parking lot, they may contact us with their legally appointed representatives and valid reasons for not parking cars here. And no, this is the place where the heir of the company that owns school parks his car is not a valid reason. Because this place is open for all students," Ga eul replied in an extremely formal way, effectively shutting everyone up.

They left the parking lot and went to their respective classes or to the principal's office afterwards. Everything was normal for girls besides some odd glances, furious whispers and a lot of the lunch hour arrived. All of them were sitting together for lunch when Oh Min ji arrived at their table. Upon her arrival, Ga eul and Jan di greeted her as she sat down. Oh Min ji.

"Omo, Geum Jan di! Chu ga eul! I was looking for you two," Min ji exclaimed.

"Oh, hey Min ji…" Jan di replied, trying to cease Min ji's obvious excitement.

"Who are your friends?" She asked, looking curiously at the two other girls.

"Navya" Navya replied curtly, without mentioning her family name.

Jae kyung, followed her lead and introduced herself as just, "Jae kyung." Smiling at the end, to make the new girl feel more comfortable.

"Jan di ah, do you think F4 are going to do something after yesterday's incidence?" She asked in a quiet voice, continuing in a similar tone, "everyone expected both of you would get the red card as soon as you opened your lockers, I'm glad that hasn't happened." Not knowing Jan di neither Ga eul had not opened their lockers since coming to school. All four girls shared an alarmed glance as they heard this, but avoided saying anything.

As the lunch hour progressed, Min ji noticed each girl wore a bracelet on their wrists which had the Song family crests engraved on them. "Can I see your bracelet Jan di ah?" she asked curiously.

Jan di just raised her hand a little bit, clearly reluctant to show the bracelet.

"Doesn't F4 wear similar bracelets on their wrists? I mean the symbols are clearly similar…" she trailed off.

"I don't know." Jan di replied, uncomfortable with answering.

"Where did you all get yours? If it's similar to F4 then I want one as well," she shouted excitedly, gathering the attention of everyone around them.

Having no intentions to discuss the bracelets with anyone, the four girls made their excuses and headed towards the locker room.

Knowing the probability of a red card being inside Jan di and Ga eul lockers, they released a sigh. Navya and Jae kyung stood besides them, encouraging them as much as possible. First Ga eul opened her locker, and let out a breath in relief. Shooting an encouraging glance towards Jan di, she smiled.

As Jan di was about to open her locker, Navya placed a hand on her arm, halting her movement. Taking out her throwing knife out from her shoes, she nodded.

"Paranoid much?" Jan di asked, trying to lighten up everyone's mood, and proceeded to open her locker.

Although there weren't many students around, the few who were, had their gaze locked on her every movement. Finally she opened her locker and sighed forlornly as she took out a red card from her locker which was covered in graffiti from inside. She glanced at her friends who were standing right beside her, when a notebook from her locker jumped to the ground, seemingly on its own. Navya placed a hand on her arm before she could move forward to catch the book, preventing her from going forward. Suddenly she threw a knife in her hands a few inches away from the book, cutting off almost invisible nylon thread which was responsible for moving the book. Grabbing the book she gave it back to Jan di.

"Let's see if students here have enough brain cells to know what's good for them," Jae kyung said in a grim voice.

The other three nodded, and went towards their next class. The bell had already rung and everyone was present in the classroom. Taking her phone out of her pocket, Navya started typing furiously, and placed it back in a couple of seconds. "The teacher won't be there in our next class," she announced.

They were clearly the last to enter the class. Navya, assuming her position as leader of the vixens, took the lead and calmly went inside the classroom, the others following closely behind. Looking every bit the cool and confident leader of a dangerous clan, she commanded the attention of the whole classroom, before sitting down on the table in front of the class. Her feet crossed, and her long curly black hair tied in a tight braid, with few loose strands framing her face. The leather jacket and denim she was wearing highlighted her figure, making her look even more deadlier. The other girls took station behind her.

She called out to everyone in the classroom saying, " Today, my friend Geum Jan di, found this card in her locker." Any other time, students would have eaten the person in front of them alive after such a declaration. But the girl in front of them was scary enough to force them to sit in their own places."This is my first and last warning to everyone in this school, and you guys will make sure it reaches them," she continued while sweeping her gaze on each and everyone of them. "Anyone and everyone who acts on this card, will suffer great consequences. Am I clear?"

"And who exactly are you to tell us what we should and shouldn't do?" Asked Ginger furiously.

Navya got up and moved towards where she was sitting, each of her steps were measured and calm. Taking out her phone, she clicked a picture of girl in question and turned slightly towards the projector screen in classroom, which was suddenly turned on, and was playing videos of Ginger breaking traffic signals, running her car into back of a taxi, arguing with police officer, dancing drunkenly in bar, hooking up with random guys… Ginger was completely red by this point, and shouted, "Stop! Please stop it." And all of a sudden screen went black again. Everyone was too shocked to react at this point.

"This was just a trailer Choi Jin hee, I can spread your secrets all over the media in less than one minute. All it would need is a single touch of my finger," she continued in a deadly calm voice. Addressing the whole classroom, she stated, "and this goes for everyone in this school. Anyone who dares to cross my word on this matter would be worrying about social degradation and bankruptcy before they could say Shinhwa." Striding towards the front of the classroom, she looked into the eye of each and every person sitting in the classroom, before saying, "And if that's not enough for some of you, crossing my command in this matter, would be going against the Song clan." Gasps were heard from all corners of the classroom at this statement. "I am Song Navya, or Princess Song as most of you have probably heard. Geum Jan di and Chu Ga eul are under protection of my family." She said while raising her hand with a bracelet in the air for everyone to see, making sure everyone got her message clearly and no one would be able to ask about the validity of her claim.

"I second Princess Song's verdict." A masculine voice was heard, loud and clear, from the entrance of the classroom doorway.